Working Papers

“Do Greater Sanctions Deter Youth Crime? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design,” with Yuhan Xue. Reject & Resubmit at Journal of Public Economics. [Link]

        Popular press: The Crime Report, National Affairs

“Revisiting the Crime-Unemployment Nexus,'' with David Welsch and Yuhan Xue.

“Exposure to Human Capital and Intergenerational Persistence: Evidence from Compulsory Relocations,'' with Yuhan Xue.

Publications

“Policing and Crime: Dynamic Panel Evidence from California,” with David Welsch and Yuhan Xue. Oxford Economic Papers, 2023. [Link]

“Rare Homicides, Criminal Behavior, and the Returns to Police Labor,” with Yuhan Xue. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022. [Link]

“Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Healthcare Efficiency?” with Russ Kashian and Yuhan Xue. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 58(2-3): 193–233, 2020. [Link]

“Family First or the Kindness of Strangers? Foster Care Placements and Adult Outcomes,” with Yuhan Xue. Labour Economics, 65: 101840, 2020. [Link]

“Food Stamps, Income Shocks, and Crime: Evidence from California.” The BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 18(4): 530-549, 2018. [Link]

“Have Electronic Benefits Cards Improved Food Access for Food Stamp Recipients?” with Yuhan Xue. Journal of Economic Studies, 44(6): 958-975, 2017. [Link]

Work in Progress

“Cross-country Differences and Framing Effects in Self-reported Health,” with Tekin Kose and Yuhan Xue.

“Social Consequences of Alcohol Usage: Evidence from California,” with Yuhan Xue.